Antarctic surface climate and surface mass balance in the Community Earth System Model version 2 during the satellite era and into the future (1979–2100)

Dunmire, Devon; Lenaerts, Jan T. M.; Datta, Rajashree Tri; Gorte, Tessa

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4163-2022

Articles | Volume 16, issue 10

The Cryosphere, 16, 4163–4184, 2022

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4163-2022

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The Cryosphere, 16, 4163–4184, 2022

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4163-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 10

Research article

11 Oct 2022

Research article | 11 Oct 2022

Antarctic surface climate and surface mass balance in the Community Earth System Model version 2 during the satellite era and into the future (1979–2100)

Devon Dunmire et al.

Data sets

Antarctic surface climate and surface mass balance in the Community Earth System Model version 2 (1850-2100) - AWS data Devon Dunmire, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Nander Wever, and Tessa Gorte https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6309896

Short summary

Earth system models (ESMs) are used to model the climate system and the interactions of its components (atmosphere, ocean, etc.) both historically and into the future under different assumptions of human activity. The representation of Antarctica in ESMs is important because it can inform projections of the ice sheet's contribution to sea level rise. Here, we compare output of Antarctica's surface climate from an ESM with observations to understand strengths and weaknesses within the model.